pronken
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch pronken, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *brahtaz, similar to pracht (“splendor”), Swedish prakt (“glory, pomp”) (loaned from Low German).[1] See also German Prunk (“splendor”).
Pronunciation
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editpronken
Inflection
editConjugation of pronken (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | pronken | |||
past singular | pronkte | |||
past participle | gepronkt | |||
infinitive | pronken | |||
gerund | pronken n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | pronk | pronkte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | pronkt, pronk2 | pronkte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | pronkt | pronkte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | pronkt | pronkte | ||
3rd person singular | pronkt | pronkte | ||
plural | pronken | pronkten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | pronke | pronkte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | pronken | pronkten | ||
imperative sing. | pronk | |||
imperative plur.1 | pronkt | |||
participles | pronkend | gepronkt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
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editReferences
edit- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “prangen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891